11. Tips for buying and selling 12 Steps to Get Started Investing

So far you’ve learnt how to build a portfolio, now we get into the specifics of how to buy shares plus keep it regular and less stressful! You’ll hear our best tips for buying and selling your investments to help stay on track for the long term. In this episode you will learn: • How do I actually buy shares or ETFs? • 3 ways of ordering shares: Market, Limit, Stop • Why we don’t time the market • The power of dollar cost averaging (DCA) • Knowing when to sell Links Mentioned: 📕 Just keep buying by Nick Maggiulli Chapters : 00:00 - Three Types of Buying 7:54 - Never Try to Time the Market 11:07 - Introducing Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) 13:40 - Buying the Dip vs DCA 15:56 - Three Signs You Should Sell This is Part 11 of our 12 step series sharing everything we’ve learned about investing to help you get started, or to remind you of why it’s so important. ——— Want more Equity Mates? Across books, podcasts, video and email, however you want to learn about investing – we’ve got you covered . ——— In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. ——— Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media. This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can listen to 11. Tips for buying and selling 12 Steps to Get Started Investing online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

11. Tips for buying and selling 12 Steps to Get Started Investing is an episode from Get Started Investing by Equity Mates Media.

This episode is 21:09 long.

This episode was published on Feb 2, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Get Started Investing when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.